Guest BROWNer Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 okay, i know i've asked this before, but i couldn't find it.. so, if anybody has any tips, or better yet has put something out themselves and can lend me an ear for questions, or has LINKS to the process(from basic layout specs, to paper and interfacing with a printshop)of putting together a mag, please drop the science. also, just a heads up, it's not gonna be high gloss fancy-shmantz. probly b&w, a few colour photos, and maybe a maximum of 10-20 pages..or somethin' like that. my budget is non existent. merci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 I've got a little ziner on precisely this. I'll scan it for ya want or you can order it from parcellpress.com It's only 3.00$ It's called Stolen Sharpie Revolution. It even teaches you how to make your own paper if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinchedWaist Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Lushness should be able to help when she shows up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Yeah she does that. I was thinking about doing it but I keep wondering if it's worth my time and money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Tesseract Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 There are ways you could go on nicely with a zerox copier..above all you need good people to work with, you knew homeboy tesser is on a broadband up, running and willing to deliver? holla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilush Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Originally posted by BROWNer okay, i know i've asked this before, but i couldn't find it.. so, if anybody has any tips, or better yet has put something out themselves and can lend me an ear for questions, or has LINKS to the process(from basic layout specs, to paper and interfacing with a printshop)of putting together a mag, please drop the science. also, just a heads up, it's not gonna be high gloss fancy-shmantz. probly b&w, a few colour photos, and maybe a maximum of 10-20 pages..or somethin' like that. my budget is non existent. merci well mine is purely black and white (blasphemy! as ounceaddict put it about my zine). and i dont really use the computer. so i'm not sure if i can help you. i can def help you out but i dont have a copy of my zine on hand right now. if you want, i can gladly scan some pages from the current issue and put them on here to show you. well everything that i put out is really from my pockets. i dont rack copies and i cant. i rack the paper but other than that...no. so all of the production of my zine is from my own pockets so be prepared to be broke. its all worth the time....sincerely. i dont use the computer for the zine either. for the current issue front cover, i did use photoshop but really lightly. as far as the content in the zine goes, i use scissors, a glue stick, and my sticky fingers. the layout is purely what i am concerned about. since it is sf based, i have to make sure that people who are having beef arent on the same page and yada yada. people get testy with that...maybe its because its sf. but the layout is something that i take pride in. people who have seen my zine comment on the layout and how clean it is. well thats because i use my fingers and not the computer. i have more of a handle on things. i like organization on a page. so if i start with a fr8 pic, that page will be a fr8 page and so on. also with my zine, i do a lot of research on the latest articles and stuff being sold about graffiti. also i do reasearch on funny articles and art related articles and put them into the zine. a lot of people dig the funny shit...it keeps their eyes moving. so my process being: 1. get photos from people. they can email me photos or people come over my place and give them to me. or via postal service. whatever. 2. if it is digital, i crop and make them smaller depending on how big the flick is. if it is hard copy, i make copies of them and alter them on the photocopier. 3. then i make the hard copy of the zine. my zine is w=5.50 by l=8.50. i start from teh center and move to the front and back pages. i dont know if this will make any sense. 4. hard copy is done. i usually have someone do the cover and its done. 5. make copies. its hard to describe this without a picture.....let me know if you want me to scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BROWNer Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 dlush, thanks for the info. i hooked up a wicked contact today, straight up printshop johnny. he answered most of my questions..most of my other questions are layout related, compu-involved/printshop capabilities/cost, and i'm not there yet, but i got another dude who's helping me figure that out. thanks y'all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 I think this is what dlush means by her layout... http://img27.photobucket.com/albums/v82/agentarcana/zinelayout.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilush Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 ^^you are awesome. exactly. its hard to describe it with words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 You're welcome your highpostingness. *bow* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebsBK Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 word..its allways good to see people doing something productive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duh-rye-won Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 who remember SFM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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